Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (provincial electoral district)
|  Ontario electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale in relation to other southwestern Ontario electoral districts | |||
| Provincial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario | ||
| MPP | 
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| District created | 2004 | ||
| First contested | 2007 | ||
| Last contested | 2014 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2006) | 111,844 | ||
| Electors (2007) | 82,367 | ||
| Area (km²) | 744 | ||
| Pop. density (per km²) | 150.3 | ||
| Census divisions | Hamilton | ||
| Census subdivisions | Hamilton | ||
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale is a provincial electoral district in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created for the 2007 provincial election. 82.9% of the riding came from Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot while 17.1% came from Hamilton West.
The riding includes all of Hamilton west of a line running along Glancaster Road then to Garner Road then to a Hydroelectric Transmission Line then to Highway 403 to Hamilton Harbour.
Members of Provincial Parlaiment
| Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from Hamilton West and Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot | ||||
| 39th | 2007–2011 | Ted McMeekin | Liberal | |
| 40th | 2011–2014 | |||
| 41st | 2014–Present | |||
Election results
| Ontario general election, 2014 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Ted McMeekin | 24,042 | 44.56 | +0.86 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donna Skelly | 18,252 | 33.83 | -0.75 | ||||
| New Democratic | Alex Johnstone | 8,415 | 15.60 | -1.60 | ||||
| Green | Raymond Dartsch | 2,639 | 4.89 | +1.91 | ||||
| Libertarian | Glenn Langton | 423 | 0.78 | +0.26 | ||||
| Freedom | Barry Spruce | 188 | 0.35 | +0.15 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 53,959 | 100.0 | +8.57 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 835 | 1.52 | ||||||
| Turnout | 54,794 | 59.02 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,833 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.80 | ||||||
| Source(s)  
"Official return from the records – 003, Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2015. | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
| Liberal | Ted McMeekin | 21,648 | 43.70 | +2.19 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Donna Skelly | 17,132 | 34.58 | -0.25 | ||||
| New Democratic | Trevor Westerhoff | 8,521 | 17.20 | +3.97 | ||||
| Green | Erik Coverdale | 1,477 | 2.98 | -5.60 | ||||
| Family Coalition | Robert Maton | 321 | 0.65 | -0.36 | ||||
| Libertarian | Glenn Langton | 258 | 0.52 | +0.39 | ||||
| Freedom | Peter Melanson | 99 | 0.20 | |||||
| Communist | Rick Gunderman Smith | 87 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 49,543 | 100.0 | +0.20 | |||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 180 | 0.36 | ||||||
| Turnout | 49,723 | 56.45 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,080 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.22 | ||||||
| Source(s)  
"Official return from the records / Rapport des registres officiels - Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2014. | ||||||||
| Ontario general election, 2007 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Liberal | Ted McMeekin | 20,525 | 41.51 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Chris Corrigan | 17,219 | 34.83 | |||||
| New Democratic | Juanita Maldonado | 6,542 | 13.23 | |||||
| Green | David Januczkowski | 4,243 | 8.58 | |||||
| Family Coalition | Jim Enos | 501 | 1.01 | |||||
| Independent | Martin Zaliniak | 219 | 0.44 | |||||
| Confederation of Regions | Eileen Butson | 129 | 0.26 | |||||
| Libertarian | Sam Zaslavsky | 65 | 0.13 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 49,443 | 100.0 | ||||||
2007 electoral reform referendum
| Ontario electoral reform referendum, 2007 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Side | Votes | % | |
| First Past the Post | 30,716 | 63 | |
| Mixed member proportional | 18,033 | 37 | |
| Total valid votes | 48,749 | 100.0 | |
Sources
Coordinates: 43°15′38″N 80°01′30″W / 43.2605°N 80.025°W
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